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States generally require a birth certificate to obtain a
marriage license. If you have previously married, they will also
require proof of the dissolution of your first marriage, as well. That
usually involves in the case of a divorce, the transcript of a divorce
proceedings, or if one of the bridal couple is a widow or widower, a death
certificate for the deceased spouse. Since these certificates
can take time to obtain, it is wise to start early.
Some states are capable of filling an online order for a
birth certificate. In others, you must send in your request, along
with a check or money order, for a copy of your certificate. We have
attempted to list the most recent data for you.
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ALABAMA
Alabama Bureau
of Vital Statistics
211 State
Office Bldg
Montgomery AL
36130
334-206-5418.
Fee:
$27.00 for a certified copy or $37.50 for next day service! money order
only, no checks
ALASKA:
Department of
Health and Social Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics
P.O. Box
110675
Juneau, AK
99811-0675
(907) 465-3391
Fee:
$15.00. No checks; money orders should be made payable to Bureau of Vital
Statistics.
Credit cards
are accepted, but there is an additional fee of $11.00
ARIZONA
Office of
Vital Records, Arizona Department of Health Services
1818 West Adams., P.O. Box 3887
Phoenix, AZ. 85030
Fee $5.00,
602-364-1300
email: OVR Webmaster
http://www.hs.state.az.us/index.htm
ARKANSAS
AR Dept of
Health, Division of Vital Records
3615 West
Markham St
Little Rock AR
72205-3867
501-611-2336
Fee $5.00
CALIFORNIA
Online:
You can get information and download a birth certificate request form from:
http://www.dhs.ca.gov/chs
State Department of Health Services, Office of Vital Records
304 "S" St,
P.O. Box 730241
Sacramento, CA
94244-0241.
Fee: $12.00.
COLORADO
Online:
http://www.vitalchek.com
Vital Records
4300 Cherry
Creek South Dr
Glendale, CO
80246
(303) 756-4464;
Fee: $15.00
for the first, $6.00 for an additional copy.
CONNECTICUT
Dept of Public
Health, Vital Records
410 Capital
Avenue
Hartford,
Connecticut 06103.
(860) 509-7897
DELAWARE
Office of
Vital Statistics, Division of Public Health,
P.O. Box 637
Dover DE 19903
302-736-4721
Fee $5.00
first copy, $3.00 additional
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (WASHINGTON,
D.C.)
Vital Records
Branch, Research & Statistics Division
425 I Street
NW, Room 3003
Washington DC
20001
202-442-9009.
Fee $5.00
FLORIDA
Office of
Vital Statistics, Vital Records Section
P.O. Box 210
Jacksonville
FL 32231-0042
904-359-6900
Fee $9.00 for the first copy and $4.00 each for additional copies ordered at
the same time
GEORGIA
Online:
http://health.state.ga.us/programs/vitalrecords/birth.shtml
You may request a birth certificate in person at the state Vital Records
Office or
County Vital Records Office in the county where
the birth occurred.
By US Mail: mail a request to:
Vital Records
2600 Skyland Drive NE
Atlanta, GA 30319-3640
404-656-4900.
Fees:
Search Fee (includes one certified copy, if the record is found on file)
$10.00
Additional certifications of same record ordered at the same time (full size
copies only) $ 5.00
Multi-year search (every ten years or portion thereof) $10.00.
Delayed certificate of birth $10.00 (Does not include the $10.00
search fee which must also be included.).
Amending birth certificates because of adoption, paternity acknowledgment,
legitimation or court order $10.00
(Does not
include the $10.00 search fee which must also be included.).
No special
filing fee is required during the first year of birth to amend a birth
record. This includes all types
of amendments.
It is not possible to request a birth certificate via email. By law, vital
record search requests must be signed and paid for.
Fees may be
paid by one of the following methods (make certified checks and money orders
payable to Vital Records):
Certified
check or money order. Please do not send cash in the mail.
HAWAII
Online: Go to
http://www.hawaii.gov/doh/records/vr_about.html
IDAHO
Bureau of Vital Statistics, Dept of Health & Welfare,
Statehouse,
Boise ID 83720
208-334-5988
Fee $6.00
IILLINOIS
IL Dept of
Public Health, Division of Vital Records
605 W.
Jefferson St.
Springfield IL
62702
217-782-6553
Fee $15.00
first copy, $2.00 additional
INDIANA
Indiana State
Department of Health
Attention: Vital Records
P. O. Box 7125
Indianapolis, IN 46206-7125
(317) 233-2700
Physical
Address: ISDH, Casual Corner Building, 2, North Meridan
St., Indianapolis, IN 46204
Fee (in the
late 1980s) was $6.00 first copy, $1.00 additionals.
IOWA
IA Dept of Public Health, Bureau of Vital Records/Statistics
Lucas State
Office Bldg
Des Moines IA
50319-0075
515-281-5871
Fee $10.00 in
person, $15.00 by credit card over the phone
KANSAS
Kansas Dept.
of Health and Environment Center for Health and Environmental Statistics
Office of
Vital Statistics relocated to 1000 SW Jackson, Suite 120
Topeka, Kansas
66612-2221
Phone (785)
296-1400, Fax (785) 296-8075
Fee $10.00
first copy, $5.00 additional
KENTUCKY
Vital
Statistics, Dept for Health Services
275 East Main
St
Frankfort KY
40621
502-564-4212
Fee $10.00
Ordered one of three ways: by phone, by mail or by going to the office
(a one hour wait is likely). If a credit card is used, an additional
$5.50 fee will be added to your order. Office hours are 8 AM to
3:30 PM Monday thru Friday.
LOUISIANA
Vital Records
Section, Dept of Health & Human Resources
POB 60630
New Orleans LA
70160
504-568-5172
Fee $15.
The request must be made in writing.
MAINE
Vital Records, Office of Data, Research and Vital Statistics, Dept of
Human Services
State House,
Mail Station #11
Augusta ME
04333
207-289-3181
Fee $5.00
first copy, $2.00 additional.
MARYLAND
Division of
Vital Records, Dept of Health and Mental Hygiene
POB 13146, Baltimore MD 21203
410-764-3160 or 410-764-3174.
Fee is $13.00
and takes 5-7 days. They will rush it for $12 more.
MASSACHUSETTS
Registry of
Vital Records
150 Mount Vernon Street
Dorchester, MA 02125
617-740-2600.
Fees $11
record via mail; $19 over the phone; $31 over the phone and Fed Ex.
MICHIGAN
Office of the
State Registrar & Center for Health Statistics
3423 North
Logan St.,
Lansing MI 36909
517-335-8666
Fee $10.00
first copy, $3.00 additional
MINNESOTA
Vital Records Section, State Dept of Health
717 Delaware
St. SE
P.O. Box 9441
Minneapolis MN 55440
612-623-5121
Fee $11.00
first copy, $5.00 additional
MISSISSIPPI
Vital Records
Registration, State Board of Health
P.O. Box 1700,
Jackson MS 39215
601-576-7981
Fee $12.00
(money order only, no checks).
MISSOURI
Bureau of
Vital Records, MO Dept of Health
P. O. Box 570
Jefferson City
MO 65102
(573)751-6387
Fee $10 per
copy. Copies can be ordered over the phone with a credit card
for an
additional fee of $4.95.
MONTANA
Bureau of
Records & Statistics, State Dept of Health and Environmental Sciences,
Helena MT 59620
406-444-4250
Fee $5.00
NEBRASKA
Bureau of
Vital Statistics, State Dept. of Health
P.O. Box 95007
Lincoln NE
68509-5007
402-471-2871
Fee $6.00
NEVADA
Vital
Statistic Program, Division of Health
Capitol
Complex
Carson City NV
89710
702-885-4360
Fee $6.00
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Bureau of
Vital Records & Health Statistics, Health & Human Services Bldg
6 Hazen Dr.
Concord NH
03301-6527
603-271-4650
Fee $3.00
NEW JERSEY
Vital
Statistics & Registration, Division of Administration
State Dept of
Health, CN 360
Trenton NJ
08625
Fee $4.00
first copy, $2.00 additional
NEW MEXICO
Vital
Statistics Program, Health Services Division, Health & Environment Dept.
P.O. Box 968
Santa Fe NM
87504-0968
505-827-0121
Fee $10.00
NEW YORK CITY
Online: (city only)
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/doh/home.html
NYC Dept of Health, Division of Vital Records
125 Worth St.
Box 4
New York NY
10013
212-566-7854; 212-566-7855, 212-566-785
Fee $15.00, no personal checks
Also, people can get copies of birth/marriage/death certificates from NYC at
this site, and can place orders online:
NEW YORK STATE
Vital Records
Section, NY State Dept of Health
Empire State
Plaza, Tower Bldg
Albany NY
12237
518-474-3038
Fee $5.00
NORTH CAROLINA
Vital Records
Branch, Division of Health Services
1903 Mail
Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1903
919-733-3526
Fee is now $10 to receive w/in 4 weeks. $42.95 to receive w/in 5 days.
NORTH DAKOTA
Vital Records
Program, ND State Dept of Health
State Capitol,
Judicial Wing
Bismarck ND
58505
701-224-4508
Fee $7.00
OHIO
Division of Vital Statistics, OH Dept of Health
65 South Front
St., Room G-20
Columbus OH
43266-0333
614-466-2531
for the Division itself; Tel 877-828-3101 for placing the order.
Fee $10.00,
plus $8.95 S&H for regular mail. (7-14 business days) or
$22.20 for
Federal Express (7-10 business days - Continental U.S.)
OKLAHOMA
Vital
Statistics Office, State Dept of Health
P.O. Box 53551
Oklahoma City
OK 73152
405-271-4040
Fee $5.00
OREGON
Online at:
www.oshd.org - By
Credit Card
by fax 503.234.8417 - By Credit Card
Oregon Vital
Statistics
P.O. Box 14040
Portland OR
97293-0050
Physical
Address: 800 NE Oregon St., Suite 205, Portland, OR 97293
Fee $15.00,
additional at $12.00. 503-731-4095 or 4108.
Money order
works best and fastest by mail.
PENNSYLVANIA
Division of
Vital Statistics
P.O. Box 1528,
Central Bldg.
101 South
Mercer St.,
New Castle, PA 16103
(724) 656-3100
Fee: $4.00
RHODE ISLAND
Division of
Vital Statistics Rhode Island Dept. of Health
101 Cannon
Bldg.
75 Davis St.
Providence, Rl
02908
(401) 277-2811
Fee: $5.00
first copy, $3.00 additional
SOUTH CAROLINA
Vital Records
Section, Office of Vital Records and Public Health Statistics
2600 Dull
Street
Columbia, SC
29201
(803) 734-3630
Fee: $5.00
first copy, $1.00 additional
SOUTH DAKOTA
Vital Records
Program, State Dept. of Health
523 East
Capitol St.
Pierre, SD
57501
(605) 773-.3355
Fee: $5.00
TENNESSEE
Online:
http://www2.state.tn.us/health/vr
There are two locations by mail:
Vital Records,
Tennessee Dept. of Health and Environment
Cordell Hull
Bldg.
Nashville, TN
37219-5402
615-741-1763
AND
The Lentz
Clinic
23rd Ave N.
Nashville, TN,
37215.
615-340-5611
Fee: $4.00
(Before 1950); $6.00 (After 1950),
TEXAS
Bureau of Vitail Statistics, Texas Dept. of Health
1100 West 49th
St
Austin, TX
78756-3191
512.458.7111
Fax (512.)
458-7451
Fee: $5.00
UTAH
Bureau of Vital Records, Utah Dept. of Health
P.O. Box 16700
Salt Lake
City, UT 84116-0700
(801) 538-6105
Fee: $10.00
first copy, $3.00 additional
VERMONT
Division of
Public Health Statistics, Vermont Dept. of Health
60 Main St.,
P.O. Box 70
Burlington, VT
05402
(802) 863-7275
Fee: $5.00
VIRGINIA
Division of Vital Records
P.O. Box 1000
Richmond, VA 23208-1000
804-662-6200
Fee: $10.00
WASHINGTON STATE
Vital Records
P.O. Box 9709, ET-11
Olympia WA 98504-9709
(360) 236-4300
Fee: $11.00
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Vital Records Branch, Research &
Statistics Division
425 I Street NW, Room 3003
Washington DC 20001
202-442-9009
Fee $5.00,
WEST
VIRGINIA
State Dept. of Health
Division of Vital Statistics
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 348-2931
Fee: $5.00
WISCONSIN
Vital Statistics Section,
Division of Health
P.O. Box 309
Madison, Wl 53701
(608) 266-1371
Fee: $8.00,
WYOMING
Vital Records Services
Hathaway Bldg.
Cheyenne, WY 82202
(307) 777-7591
Fee: $5.00
OVERSEAS:
A lot of
information about births outside of the U.S., for both US citizens and non
US citizens, can be had at
http://www.vitalchek.com/international_agencies.asp
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